Requiem

Question 1

Quote signifying the identity of a salesman and how they have nothing tangible to rely on

Answer 1

“A salesman is got to dream boy.It comes with the territory”

Question 2

Quote signifying Willy’s own life and fruitless dreams

Answer 2

“He had the wrong dreams.All, all, wrong

Question 3

Significance of Happy’s belief that he will “win it for him” and attempt the dream

Answer 3

-Prevents audience from catharsis as eternal cycle of American dream entrapment appears to continue within Happy
-Also means main villain of story (American dream itself) is not purged

Question 4

Significance of Linda’s exclamation that “we’re free”

Answer 4

Immediate freedom from financial burden ironically when Willy dies
-Also freedom for Willy from the burden of his unrealised dream

Question 5

Significance of the end of play

Answer 5

-Death appears tragically in vain,as a result of his death Linda is left in grief and neither Happy nor biff are helped
-Death was due to failure of recognising his own mental instability
-End of a play appears largely pessimistic, some sense of catharsis offered regarding Willy’s character and freedom from his incessant torture of unfufiled dreams,however offers no resolution for family’s problems and Happy appears to be following in his own father’s footsteps